This is a list for members and friends of First Baptist Atlanta who are currently homeschooling, or are considering homeschooling.

The decision to homeschool is not one to make lightly. It requires commitment, availability, and money. There are a number of steps needed to be able to homeschool your child legally in Georgia. Not all steps are easy, and not all resources are actually homeschool resources.

Hall County Home Educators is a homeschooling support group located in Northeast Georgia. Offers a resource library, clubs, events, contests, field trips, classes, and testing opportunities.

About 60,000 - 75,000 of those 2 million students live in Georgia and are happily and legally learning at home. This has not always been the case. There were families quietly homeschooling their children in Georgia in the 1970’s. The operative word here is "quietly." In order to home school legally, a parent had to inform the local superintendent and get permission to operate as a private school. Most superintendents were not cooperative. The other option was to homeschool underground. If the lo...

A discussion of the homeschooling laws in Georgia provided by the Georgia Department of Education.

5455 N. Henry Blvd. Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 Phone: 770-389-1357 This Christian bookstore carries some material, books, and supplies for homeschoolers.

Circle of Friends offers support for home educators in Douglas County, Georgia, and the surrounding area. They offer field trips, gym days, monthly service projects, park days, moms' night out, and more.

Georgia Department of Public Safety Certificate of Attendance form, for use in submission to a License Examination Facility.

The Villa Rica Home School Group is a support group serving home school families throughout Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, and Paulding counties in Georgia. Offers parents' support meeting, monthly activities, holiday events, field trips, and more.

162 Marietta St. Alpharetta, GA 30004-1922 Phone: 770-569-4977 2800 Canton Hwy #1600 Marietta, GA 30066 Phone: 770-427-1966 Homeschool Hangout has two locations, in Marietta and Alpharetta. They stock over 5000 titles from 150 vendors. They offer curriculum counseling to novice and veteran homeschoolers alike at no charge.

(a) Local school superintendents as applied to private schools and home study programs or visiting teachers and attendance officers as applied to public schools, after written notice to the parent or guardian of a child, shall report to the juvenile or other court having jurisdiction under Chapter 11 of Title 15 any child who is absent from a public or private school or a home study program in violation of this subpart. If the judge of the court places such child in a home or in a public or priv...

HEIR Talk is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, discussion list for working to ensure that the people of Georgia and their government recognize home study, freely practiced in its diverse forms, as a legitimate choice and value it as a positive force for improving the quality of education.

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site preserves the childhood home of Martin Luther King. The home is located in the residential section of "Sweet Auburn", the center of black Atlanta. Two blocks west of the home is Ebenezer Baptist Church, the pastorate of Martin's grandfather and father, and the church to which Dr. King returned to co-pastor with his father in 1960.

Georgia students, including homeschoolers, are no longer allowed to drive if they don't remain in school until they're 18. Because of the universal desire and often the genuine need among students to drive, this new law has effectively raised Georgia's compulsory attendance age to 18 and revoked important parental rights.

Savannah Home Education support groups offers homeschooling families in Savannah and the Chatham County area a chance to connect with each other.